What part of speech is sections?

Sections can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sections is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of section (infinitive).
  • 2. sections is a noun, plural of section.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does sections mean?

Definitions

Verb

section - To cut, divide or separate into pieces.

Noun

section - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"
section - one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
section - a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
section - a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
section - a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange"
section - (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
section - a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
section - a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"
section - a small army unit usually having a special function
section - a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately; "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course"
section - a land unit equal to 1 square mile
section - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
section - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
section - a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"

Examples of sections

#   Sentence  
1. noun "Some sections of the city which are dry now could see nine or 10 feet (some 3m) of water," he said.
2. noun figure out how many stalls you want, then measure square cube sections for length and width of horse,
3. noun measure size for platform, draw lines and mark sections, measure out wall sections and height,
4. noun The committee divided into five sections.
5. noun The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.
6. noun Imogen of the Internet is torn between filling out the music sections of all her online profiles and ensuring that none of her friends will have ever heard of her favorite bands in order to protect their precious obscurity.
7. noun TEPCO is looking for "jumpers", workers who will jump into highly radioactive sections of the plant to quickly perform tasks before running out as fast as possible.
8. noun Cut the pipe into equal sections.
9. noun For instance, here is a portrait of a man at eight years old, another at fifteen, another at seventeen, another at twenty-three, and so on. All these are evidently sections, as it were, three-dimensional representations of his four-dimensioned being, which is a fixed and unalterable thing.
10. noun Mary used walking poles to assist her with the uphill and downhill sections of the journey.
11. noun My mother thinks that caesarian sections are dangerous.
12. noun To obtain the net mechanical force over the entire object, we must sum the contributions from all the small sections. Mathematically, the summation is indicated by the Greek letter sigma (Σ).
13. noun Sami's living room was split in three sections.
14. noun Sami read some sections of the Bible.
15. noun There are three main sections.
Sentence  
noun
"Some sections of the city which are dry now could see nine or 10 feet (some 3m) of water," he said.
figure out how many stalls you want, then measure square cube sections for length and width of horse,
measure size for platform, draw lines and mark sections, measure out wall sections and height,
The committee divided into five sections.
The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.
Imogen of the Internet is torn between filling out the music sections of all her online profiles and ensuring that none of her friends will have ever heard of her favorite bands in order to protect their precious obscurity.
TEPCO is looking for "jumpers", workers who will jump into highly radioactive sections of the plant to quickly perform tasks before running out as fast as possible.
Cut the pipe into equal sections.
For instance, here is a portrait of a man at eight years old, another at fifteen, another at seventeen, another at twenty-three, and so on. All these are evidently sections, as it were, three-dimensional representations of his four-dimensioned being, which is a fixed and unalterable thing.
Mary used walking poles to assist her with the uphill and downhill sections of the journey.
My mother thinks that caesarian sections are dangerous.
To obtain the net mechanical force over the entire object, we must sum the contributions from all the small sections. Mathematically, the summation is indicated by the Greek letter sigma (Σ).
Sami's living room was split in three sections.
Sami read some sections of the Bible.
There are three main sections.

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